by Tommy Meehan
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Tommy Meehan wrote:This service is planned to be started after the LIRR's East Side Access goes into operation. Providing that LIRR ridership at NYP drops the 40% the MTA is forecasting. Or something close to it.Thus, then would this mean that the new Bronx Stations would not get built until after 2019?
Thomas wrote:Is this service likely to begin in the MTA's 2015--2019 capital plan?I'd wager you're not going to see anything seriously related to Penn Station Access until the 2025-2029 capital program.
Thomas wrote:Seeing that it's already 2014 the chance of anything being built and ready for service in 2019 are very low. They could, in theory, build something now and not use it until the LIRR has had some time to adjust service and then use the freed up slots. Just like there not being an LIRR train in the existing Penn Station frees up a slot for a Metro North New Haven line train to use there not being a NJTransit train or Amtrak train in the existing Penn Station frees up a slot for a Metro North Hudson Line train.Tommy Meehan wrote:This service is planned to be started after the LIRR's East Side Access goes into operation. Providing that LIRR ridership at NYP drops the 40% the MTA is forecasting. Or something close to it.Thus, then would this mean that the new Bronx Stations would not get built until after 2019?
Thus, currently, LIRR operates 36 trains out of Penn Station during the Peak Hour. This means that this should get reduced to perhaps 20 or so trains (depending on ridership projections).
How would which type of Block 780 Station for the Gateway Project gets built impact if Metro North Hudson Line Service can operate into Penn Station?
philipmartin wrote:http://www.lohud.com/story/news/transit ... /10498721/You're supposed to explain to us what the article is about, especially once these articles disappear behind a paywall. It's a courtesy.
As the city advertises for developers to vie for control of great swaths of the downtown, (New Rochelle Mayor Noam) Bramson said the city's Metro-North station offers more than the others. If the railroad goes through with its plans to send some trains to Penn Station, New Rochelle would be the closest stop to Manhattan where a passenger could choose that destination or Grand Central Terminal.
"This will be the most attractive commuting or reverse commuting location in the New York City metropolitan area," Bramson boasted.